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Cottonwood Extension District to seek funding for community health worker; district asks county to monitor roadside trees
Summary
The Cottonwood Extension District updated commissioners on plans to add a community health worker (pending funding), participation in an Extension disaster education network, staff levels, and a resident request to trim trees on 200th Avenue south of Highway 40.
Jay Harris, director of the Cottonwood Extension District (which serves Ellis and Barton counties), briefed commissioners on several programs and staffing updates and asked the commission to consider future support if grants or other funding sources are insufficient.
Harris described the district's plan to add a community health worker principally assigned to Ellis County, a position that could provide outreach on mental health, aging services and benefits enrollment. He said the agent in Barton County who currently performs similar…
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